70 GENUS BUCOINUM. 



ed by a multitude of very approximate longitudinal folds and 

 transverse striae. Upon the lowest whirls the longitudinal folds 

 disappear, and the * transverse striae, on the contrary, become 

 more apparent. Suture simple, accompanied by a small, very 

 narrow scaffolding, formed by a row of granulations, a little 

 larger, and like papillae. Aperture subrotund, whitish. Right 

 lip smooth at its edge, striated internally. Columella arcu- 

 ated and smooth. The general color of this shell is of an 

 uniform red brown. 



Length 7 lines. Width 3 lines. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Chili, where it is very common. 



This shell, which was brought from Chili by M. Gay, a natu- 

 ralist, has some resemblance to the BUCCINUM reticulatum, yet 

 obvious differences easily distinguish it. It has the whirls less 

 convex, the folds less prominent ; it is much smaller, its color- 

 ing is not the same, and, finally, it has, around the suture, tuber- 

 cles which are not found in the B. reticulatum. 



Young specimens of this species have more prominent longi- 

 tudinal folds, which are continued quite to the base of the lowest 

 whirl. 



71. BUCCINUM PEDICUL ARE, LAM. The Pedicular Buccinum. 



(Collect. MASS. LAM.) CHEMN., pi. 125, fig'. 1186-1189. 



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 /J, &*uM 1 ^ a \ PI. XXV, fig. 102. 



B. testa'minima, ovato-conica, laevigata, lineis albidis et spadiceo-fuscis 

 alternis eleganter cincta ; spira acuta ; apertura rotundata. 



Shell very small, ovate, conical, smooth, diaphanous, colored 

 with white, elegantly ornamented upon its whole surface with 

 pretty numerous, narrow, transverse lines, of a blackish brown ; 

 spire composed of six slightly convex whirls ; the lowest is in- 

 flated, and larger than all the others united ; suture linear, very 

 fine ; aperture subrounded, violet color; within are perceived 

 the external colored lines. Right lip simple, thin, sharp ; the 



